The best reactions to Donald Trump’s outrageous transgender military ban

Donald Trump has (once again) been criticised, this time for tweets announcing that transgender people will be banned from the U.S. military.

“After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military,” he wrote. “Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you.”

Slatehas described the ban as “stunningly cruel and unjustified”, with CNN calling it “an affront to the military”. Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern also explained that, despite Trump’s claim that the army would be “burdened with tremendous medical costs”, the “cost of transgender service is known to be quite low, and the integration of transgender troops in foreign militaries has had no effect on unit cohesion, morale, or force readiness.”

The comments, which many have described as transphobic, have also been widely criticised by LGBTQ activists, politicians and veterans, as well as just regular people angry at the move.

transgender people show more courage when they leave their fucking houses in the morning than donald trump has shown his entire life

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Back in June, Ivanka tweeted that she was “proud to support my LGBTQ friends and the LGBTQ Americans who have made immense contributions to our society and economy” – but has remained silent on her father’s statement.